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BASIC PICTURES REQUIRED (but more may be requested): If necessary pictures are in the listing, it's not necessary to upload and duplicate them.
  • Front of item
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  • Full clear and legible creed text and serial number
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myeyeonpi said:
Hello, can someone please take a look at this bag on ebay? It looks like a jade city bag, listing number 265550214283, seller madameovary. https://www.ebay.com/itm/265550214283?_trkparms=amclksrc=ITM&aid=111001&algo=REC.SEED&ao=1&asc=20160908105057&meid=8656d7d697f04c15998ecade6ed5ef2e&pid=100675&rk=3&rkt=15&sd=165265789317&itm=265550214283&pmt=0&noa=1&pg=2380057&brand=Coach&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci:93792aad-8ee1-11ec-a8a9-faf16aeb75c3|parentrq:00ce6fba17f0a9db97f479edfff7e8c8|iid:1 Thank you!
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Genuine and made in 1995

ETA - AND WE HAVE A TIE !!!!!!! Original posts before any edits posted at exactly the same time! Are we good, or what? GMTA! :biggrin:

(Are you paying attention, Dale/Dave? Or do you still think that BeenBurned and I are the same person? Unlike your "Dave"and "Dale" dual personnas constantly agreeing with each other in your Facebook Groups, but NEVER in the same place at the same time.)
 
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Appreeciate the Help in Authenticating the bag below! I couldn't find any info online unfortunately.

Vintage 1980s Black Coach Shoulder Handbag Crossbody Purse / Vintage 80s Coach Saddle Bag Handbag - Etsy

Gorgeous, stylish vintage 1980s crossbody / shoulder bag by Coach. Thick black leather and brass hardware. Faux buckle front with hidden snap, large interior zippered pocket, one kangaroo pocket under the flap and an exterior back slit pocket.....lots of room for pretty much everything. Original
www.etsy.com www.etsy.com
 
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Hyacinth said:
There was apparently at least one rare exception to Saddle Pouches never having style numbers in their serial numbers. The Holiday Preview 1995 Part 1 catalog, post 133 in that thread under "Limited Editions", shows a remake of the 9590 Saddle Pouch. It's not in the scanned versions some of us bought on the internet, this catalog is one of the ones that @Lake Effect posted. (I'm not sure if the link is working correctly, check that forum page for post 133, it's the sixth photo in that post).

There's a good chance that many of the 1980s and early 1990s handbag styles were re-introduced some time in the 1990s or early 2000s, usually as Limited Editions or "catalog exclusives". But I agree with @whateve, at least 99.5 percent of the ones that were made would probably have a pre-style-number serial and a Made in New York City creed. Other than that remake, all 3 sizes seem to have been discontinued shortly before Coach changed "Made in New York City" to "Made in the United States" or "Made In U.S.A." starting in early 1988.

Go to the post right ABOVE this one:

Vintage Coach Catalogs

1994 Edition Pt 2
forum.purseblog.com forum.purseblog.com

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What a nice looking saddle pouch! Is it yours?
Wow. I could spend hours looking at those catalogues. Remember the sky magazine they used to have in the airplanes that made you want to buy all the stuff you didn’t know you needed?? This is the same thing! Now I want all of them!!
 
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coachowe said:
What a nice looking saddle pouch! Is it yours?
Wow. I could spend hours looking at those catalogues. Remember the sky magazine they used to have in the airplanes that made you want to buy all the stuff you didn’t know you needed?? This is the same thing! Now I want all of them!!
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No, I wish! Especially in that color. Someone posted it here and it was the only one I'd ever seen with such a recent manufacturing date so the pictures went into my library. The only Saddle Pouch I own is one of the spectator-type versions in Twill. It's a nice bag but I wish it was a little deeper front to back.

And if we haven't warned you before, looking at those catalogs can be expensive! :giggle:
 
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